[nzlug] Re: NZLUG Digest, Vol 31, Issue 7

[John Rye]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:59:52 +1300
Simon Bridge <simonbridge at ihug.co.nz> wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 19:52 +1300, Damian Turner-Steele wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Simon Bridge <simonbridge at ihug.co.nz>
> 
> > To be successfully prosecuted for theft it has to shown that you intended to
> > permanently deprive the rightful owner of whatever it is that you stole.
> > 
> > "So if I take your car and return it before you know it's gone or need to
> > use it, that isn't theft? If I fill the tank, and it was only half-full
> > when I took it, did I do you a favour?"
> > 
> > No you committed the offence of taking without consent which is a lesser
> > crime. If you returned it with extra fuel you might get a reduced sentence
> > (do I need irony tags here).
> > 
> Now that, I did not know. Reinforces my thinking though... sometimes it
> is good to play Devil's advocate.
> 
> OT: There's a crime called "conversion" isn't there?

I believe that's a generic term for the charge were the car/vehicle is
taken for a generic joyride.

As I recall the charge goes something like: "did without colour of
right convert a <define vehicle> to his own use." However, I'm not sure
that the charge in this form is still used.

John